00:00:08.860 no matter whether the primary cooling 00:00:11.79900:00:11.809 system on your car is coolant or air the 00:00:15.57900:00:15.589 secondary cooling system on all engines 00:00:18.31000:00:18.320 is oil and that can be greatly enhanced 00:00:21.49000:00:21.500 with a slight modification and to give 00:00:24.82000:00:24.830 us some pointers linden table general 00:00:26.91900:00:26.929 manager of Patriot harley-davidson in 00:00:28.99000:00:29.000 Fairfax Virginia linden welcome back to 00:00:31.83900:00:31.849 the show Thank You Pat all right give us 00:00:34.36000:00:34.370 your take on oil coolers okay well as 00:00:38.86000:00:38.870 you were discussing everybody is 00:00:40.75000:00:40.760 familiar with the fact that oils primary 00:00:43.54000:00:43.550 job is to lubricate but so many people 00:00:46.04900:00:46.059 do not recognize that its secondary 00:00:48.79000:00:48.800 purpose is to cool and it's a very 00:00:50.86000:00:50.870 important part of its job what we have 00:00:53.13900:00:53.149 here is an oil cooler from a late-model 00:00:55.02900:00:55.039 harley-davidson and this is essentially 00:00:57.49000:00:57.500 just a radiator and oil comes in one 00:01:00.61000:01:00.620 side goes out the other in between are 00:01:03.09900:01:03.109 thin pipes attached to these fins which 00:01:06.04000:01:06.050 very effectively dissipate heat so that 00:01:08.41000:01:08.420 as that oil is routed through here it's 00:01:10.87000:01:10.880 shedding an awful lot of its heat one of 00:01:13.21000:01:13.220 the popular misconceptions within a 00:01:15.04000:01:15.050 little cooler is that they only work at 00:01:16.93000:01:16.940 speed and while there is no question 00:01:19.33000:01:19.340 that they are more efficient at 00:01:20.56000:01:20.570 exchanging heat at speed even in 00:01:23.41000:01:23.420 stop-and-go traffic or not moving at all 00:01:25.72000:01:25.730 it does make a big difference in how 00:01:28.24000:01:28.250 much heat is shed out of your oil and if 00:01:31.15000:01:31.160 you don't believe that just put your 00:01:33.64000:01:33.650 hand up next to an oil cooler it when it 00:01:36.46000:01:36.470 spark in traffic you'll feel plenty of 00:01:37.99000:01:38.000 heat coming off of it and for those of 00:01:40.06000:01:40.070 you don't know why this is so important 00:01:43.00000:01:43.010 oil gets moisture in it and that 00:01:46.45000:01:46.460 moisture continually builds up unless 00:01:48.82000:01:48.830 the oil temperature reaches at least 212 00:01:52.30000:01:52.310 degrees to boil the water out of the oil 00:01:55.36000:01:55.370 it's quite right and that's why it's 00:01:57.43000:01:57.440 important to get a quality oil cooler 00:02:00.25000:02:00.260 that's designed for your vehicle that 00:02:02.17000:02:02.180 has a thermostat in it this is again the 00:02:04.15000:02:04.160 same example of a Harley Davidson oil 00:02:06.22000:02:06.230 cooler and this has a thermostat inside 00:02:08.41000:02:08.420 it which does two things one it doesn't 00:02:10.99000:02:11.000 over cool the oil so if you're out in 00:02:13.45000:02:13.460 the wintertime riding around it's not 00:02:15.28000:02:15.290 keeping 00:02:15.85000:02:15.860 oyel you know below 200 degrees it's not 00:02:18.49000:02:18.500 allowing it to warm up enough to boil 00:02:21.04000:02:21.050 off that moisture but also it allows the 00:02:23.65000:02:23.660 oil even in summertime to come up to 00:02:26.74000:02:26.750 temperature more quickly because it's 00:02:28.27000:02:28.280 just circulated through the engine until 00:02:30.22000:02:30.230 it comes up to proper operating 00:02:32.11000:02:32.120 temperature and then it's allowed to go 00:02:34.15000:02:34.160 through the oil cooler a very important 00:02:36.31000:02:36.320 point and you know folks any engine can 00:02:39.28000:02:39.290 benefit from an oil cooler but you have 00:02:42.79000:02:42.800 to make sure that you buy a quality part 00:02:44.86000:02:44.870 and that that quality part has a 00:02:46.84000:02:46.850 thermostat in it and that it is properly 00:02:50.77000:02:50.780 installed 00:02:51.79000:02:51.800 Lynden thank you so much thank you and 00:02:54.64000:02:54.650 if you have a question or comment drop 00:02:57.01000:02:57.020 me a line right here at motorWeek 00:03:02.44000:03:02.450 you
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